Upholstered seat for sleighs



' (No Model.)

1;. SELLE. Upholstered Seat for Sleighs.

No. 237,707. Patented Feb 15,1881.

. UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FERDENAND SELLE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

'UPHOLSTERED SEAT F-OR SLEIGHS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,707, dated February15, 1881.

Application filed June 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDENAND SELLE, of Detroit, county of Wayne, Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inUpholstery forSleighs; and I declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in providing for use witha sleigh a seat-cushionand upholstered back and sides in such form that all theseatupholsterymay be readily attached or removed from the sleigh at anytime after the sleigh is finished.

In the drawings, FigureI represents a sleighbody with my improvementattached. Fig. 11 is a separate view of the removable upholstered part.Fig. III is a view in perspective of the upholstering false back, sides,and seat of a sleigh.

Heretofore in the manufacture of swell-body sleighs it has beencustomary to attach the upholstery directly to the sleigh-body as apermanent fixture, or at least all the parts except the seat-cushion.This, however, has been ob jectionable, owing to the fact that when thesleigh is stored for the summer moth or mice are apt to get into anddestroy the upholstery, and the sleigh being too cumbersome,it isdifficult to guard against these encroachmeuts. Moreover, with smalldealers, such as are usually found in country shops or in the smallervillages and towns, the usual amount of work will not warrant theemployment of a trimmer or upholsterer. He is obliged to make his sleighand finish it up, then send it to an upholsterer to do that work, orelse is obliged to have it first upholstered, and then run the risk ofdamaging the upholstery in painting and finishing the sleigh. I proposetoovercome the difliculty by providing a false back and seat, to whichthe upholstery is all attached, and which in a sleigh of correspondingpattern can be quickly inserted and temporarily secured in place.

A represents a sleigh-body; B, its seat.. 0 is a false back, and D is afalse seat, to which the upholstery E is permanently attached. Frepresents suitable an gle-irons, provided with dowels F for enteringcorresponding dowelholes in the back of the sleigh, whereby the falseback and its upholstery are secured to the sleigh-body.

This device, being entirely independent of the sleigh, can beupholstered at any convenient place, and can be attached to the sleighafteritis completed and finished. So, also,when the sleigh is stored forthe summer the false back,with its upholstery, can be removed to a placeof safety, so as neither to be damaged by exposure or by mice, moth,860.

It is not essential that the false seat should be employed, for if thefalse back alone is employed for the side and back upholstery aremovable cushion of the usual kind can be made upon the seat. Thisfalse back may terminate at the top of the sleigh-body, or it may, andusually should, extend over the top, so that the upper edge of thesleigh back and sides shall be upholstered. To this end the false backitself may be provided with an outstanding upper flange, over which theupholstery is carried, and adapted to rest with the under side of theflange upon the top edge of the sleigh back and sides; or when thesleigh-body is completed a narrow strip, A, may be sawed from the upperedge of the back and side arms,

and this part may be attached to the upper back edge of the false back,and, thus forming a part of a false back, may be upholstered with it.The last construction will insure that the false back shall fit exactlyto the back of the sleigh, and is the method in which I would usuallyemploy the invention. The false back should also be provided with endpieces, G, for covering over and making a neat finish at the forwardends of the side arms. The part extending below the bottom of the seatmay be dispensed with. t

I am aware that a wagon-seat has been provided with an upholstered falseback adapted to be removably secured to the back of the wagon-seat, andhence I would have it understood that I make no claim to suchconstruction of parts.

What I claim is- 1. A combined false back, sides, and seat,

provided with upholstering, and adapted to be end, which cover theforward ends of the side removably secured to a sleigh-body,substantially as set forth.

2. Theeon1bination,\vith an upholstered false hack and sides, of a stripout from the top edgeofa sleigh-body, substantially as set forth.

3. The combined upholstered false hack and sides, provided with anoutWardly-projeeting flange which fits upon the upper edge of asleigh-hody, and with uprights at its forward arms of the sleigh-body,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI sign this specification in the presence of twoWitnesses.

FERDENAND SELLE.

\Vitnesses:

WM. M. PORTER, S. E. THOMAS.

